#8B2E45#8B2E45

#8B2E45 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.127 H 8.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E45
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 50.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 41.31, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 42.01, 10.48°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.1255 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.127 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6997, 7.8742, 6.4802)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E45 #2E8B74

analogous

#8B2E74 #8B2E45 #8B462E

triadic

#8B2E45 #458B2E #2E458B

tetradic

#8B2E45 #748B2E #2E8B74 #462E8B

square

#8B2E45 #748B2E #2E8B74 #462E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E45 #2E8B46 #2E748B

monochromatic

#2F1017 #5D1F2E #8B2E45 #B93D5C #CD6780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8B2E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B2E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E45

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E45	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.127 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d78',
    500: '#8b2e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e45;
$custom-light: #b26d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.161,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44485,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E45

secondary

#61B39F

accent

#DAB74E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110708

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E45

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